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The Popcorn Auteur


Pretty straightforward. We watch all the movies of famous filmmakers and then discuss anything and everything that happens to interest us about them.

Dec 6, 2018

David Zucker was one of the creative minds behind Airplane and The Naked Gun films.  He is now one of the creative minds behind the Scary Movie sequels.  Luckily (we think), he didn't both write and direct those movies (officially).  In this episode, we are joined by Sam Young to discuss the films of David Zucker . . . and to figure out how weird it is to see O.J. Simpson acting. 

Sorry for the poor audio quality.  Sam was not in fact on the moon.

 

Show Notes/Sources:

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Dont-call-him-Shirley-An-evening-with-David-Zucker-in-Jerusalem-505345

http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/callingtheshots/david_zucker.shtml

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-naked-gun-1988

https://www.avclub.com/david-zucker-1798207952

https://film.avclub.com/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-an-oral-history-of-airplan-1798279218

http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2017/03/director-david-zucker-talks-airplane-comedy-getting-his-start-on-campus

http://www.moviemuse.net/airplane/

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/top-secret-1984